Salar de Uyuni

We were told we'd never make it to the salt field in our van. In the tourist office they said "The road is terrible, it just rained, there is at least a foot of water on the field, the road leading to the Salar is passable only by a 4x4 jeep, etc.." For a split second I considered purchasing a "tour" but then I said que se jodan and drove there anyway to see if we could make it. Yes the road was awful and it took a long time to get there but the deep water persisted only at the edge of the field and then quickly receded. Driving on the salt is a strange but pleasant sensation. It reminded me of sailing on the open sea. One can't crash into anything, only to keep a general direction so not to get lost. Seeing all white around me I felt I was on a different planet. After a few hours of navigating the vastness of white salt we arrived at an "island"- a volcanic hill rising out of the field filled with enormous cacti. They say a cactus grows 1cm per year and according to some calculations some of these were 10,000 years old.

Salar de Uyuni

We were told we'd never make it to the salt field in our van. In the tourist office they said "The road is terrible, it just rained, there is at least a foot of water on the field, the road leading to the Salar is passable only by a 4x4 jeep, etc.." For a split second I considered purchasing a "tour" but then I said que se jodan and drove there anyway to see if we could make it. Yes the road was awful and it took a long time to get there but the deep water persisted only at the edge of the field and then quickly receded. Driving on the salt is a strange but pleasant sensation. It reminded me of sailing on the open sea. One can't crash into anything, only to keep a general direction so not to get lost. Seeing all white around me I felt I was on a different planet. After a few hours of navigating the vastness of white salt we arrived at an "island"- a volcanic hill rising out of the field filled with enormous cacti. They say a cactus grows 1cm per year and according to some calculations some of these were 10,000 years old.